Red Equinox has received praise as a must-read for Lovecraft fans; and it is! Now you have a chance to listen to it, too. Even though I have already read this book, I was excited to listen to the audio-book. I really enjoyed revisiting the characters in this story, and reading the book beforehand only enhanced the experience of listening to it. Continue reading →

I haven’t felt this way about a collection of short stories since I read Thomas Ligotti’s Songs of a Dead Dreamer. Walters’s collection of short stories is haunting, creepy, and beautiful. The author makes mundane terrors seems otherworldly, and the otherworldly seems strangely familiar. I seriously needed to pause in between tales due to the heaviness of each story.

The Antarctic Express is a children’s parody book combining the Polar Express with the Mountains of Madness. I have mixed feelings about these kinds of parodies, generally aimed at adults who think it’s silly to make the Lovecraft Mythos into something cute and cuddly. However, this book won me over.

The lives of many of my favorite authors are just as interesting, if not more so, than their writing. As a huge fan of Mary Shelley, I was really excited to see a new book about her life. In Frankenstein Diaries, Author Michael January brings forth some “forgotten” diary entries that detail Mary Shelley’s travels with Percy Shelley and provide insight into the inspiration for the classic book, Frankenstein.

I reviewed Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics for the Online Book Club. I’ve been reviewing lots of books for the Online Book Club, which is why I’ve been kind of neglecting this blog. Anyway here is the full review of Frankenstein Diaries: The Romantics

This is a fast-paced Lovecraftian horror story. I breezed through it in two sittings. The book is heavy on action and gore and has a little psychological horror thrown in. The story line is simple and includes some familiar horror tropes: an abandoned mental institution with dangerous patients and inbred backwoods cultist freaks. I found the book a fresh take on these commonly used tropes.